On September 11, 2014, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced changes to the list of industries that are exempt from the requirement to routinely keep OSHA injury and illness records, and to the list of severe work-related injuries and illnesses that all covered employers must report to OSHA. The final rule goes into Read more
To clarify the paid sick leave act requirements, Connecticut’s Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law Public Act 14-128. The amendment will take effect on January 1, 2015. Under the current law, a covered employer must provide paid sick leave if he or she employs 50 or more people during any quarter in the previous Read more
The Illinois Human Rights Act was recently amended to strengthen the protection of pregnant women in the workplace and to require all Illinois employers to post the new notice of pregnancy rights to inform employees of the employer’s obligation to make pregnancy accommodations. The law goes into effect January 1, 2015. The law provides that Read more
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has signed the Opportunity to Compete Act, also known as “Ban the Box” legislation. The law will go into effect March 1, 2015 and applies to New Jersey employers with 15 or more employees. Under the law, employers may not post job advertisements indicating that people that have been arrested Read more
In California, there are a number of retirement living options for seniors age 60 and over. These facilities provide different levels of housing and residential services, care and supervision, assistance with activities of daily living, and incidental medical care in some cases. They include Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) and Residential Care Facilities for the Read more
The city of Columbia is the first city in Missouri to pass the “ban the box” ordinance. The ordinance that took effect December 1st was designed to make it easier for people with prior criminal backgrounds to compete in the job market. Employers in Columbia are now prohibited from asking applicants about criminal histories or Read more
Last Spring, wage legislation was passed in West Virginia amending the state’s Minimum Wage law to provide for increases minimum wage rate beginning January 1, 2015. The state’s mandatory Minimum Wage posting has been revised to reflect the minimum wage rate increases in two stages: Beginning January 1, 2015, the minimum wage rate will increase Read more
In July we reported in our blog that the New York Legislature had passed a bill (A08106) that could repeal the 2011 New York State Wage Theft Act. In addition to eliminating the annual wage notice requirement, the law would also increase the penalties for an employer who failed to provide a wage notice to Read more
Minimum Wage Increase Vermont has released two important posting requirements for Vermont employers. The first is the State’s Minimum Wage Notice which implements the minimum wage increases passed by the legislature and signed into law last June. The new law establishes incremental increases in the minimum wage rate beginning January 1, 2015 and continuing through Read more
Starting January 1, 2015, Arizonans will be seeing an increase to their minimum wage rate. As calculated by the Industrial Commission of Arizona, the minimum wage rate will increase to $8.05 per hour. For tipped employees, an employer may pay up to $3.00 per hour less than the minimum wage if he or she establishes Read more
